NYPD officer shot in Brooklyn; suspect barricaded in building with rifle

Nguyen was also wounded in the right arm during the 4:35 p.m. shooting at 149 Ridgewood Ave. near Essex Street where the cop and his partner were responding to a 911 call of an emotionally disturbed person.

"As the first officer approached the rear bedroom, the subject fired several shots, striking the officer several times", O'Neill said.

Multiple shots are accepted to have been discharged, and another slug may have hit the officer in the chest or arm, as per police.

Police say after being hit, the officer did not return fire.

He and different officers had been reacting to a report of a sincerely bothered individual when a man opened fire, police said.

When officers entered the building, they found the suspect dead from an apparent self-inflicted gunshot wound, and recovered a semiautomatic weapon and a revolver, along with ammunition.

Mayor Bill de Blasio said: "This young man was definitely saved by his vest, made all the difference here". His attacker killed himself after an armed standoff in Brooklyn, police said.

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